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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 6h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6m

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 33m

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 16h

Some of them do, but I think most think they advance their career by proving “objectivity,” which means giving Trump the breaks and dumping on Dems since that proves you are free of “liberal bias.”

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 16h

I grew up lower middle class in a rural town. My life has brought me into contact with the high-flying bougie types and they are the most soulless people I’ve ever encountered. They’d throw their own grandma down the stairs if there was a work promotion in it for them.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 16h

On a serious note, if you’re a politics reporter for a major legacy outfit how can you not absolutely loathe yourself? These people aren’t stupid, they know they’re enabling the world’s worst person by sanewashing him.

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 16h

Not to be a broken record, but imagine this happening in any other presidential administration and it not being a major scandal. Obama’s tan suit literally got more negative press attention than this will.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22h

The entire first two months of the Biden administration were taken up by obsessive complaining about how he wouldn't do press conferences & wasn't taking policy questions (bsky.app/profile/mcop...).

This? Gone tomorrow. Totally different set of standards applied to two totally different parties.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 19h

Yes and flog the fact it comes from Politico, hardly a liberal outlet.

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 19h

Democrats need to put the same extended media consuming outrage into the Young Republican Nazi chats as Republicans mustered for Biden going for ice cream.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 20h

recurring gripe of mine: stop talking about these people like they’re fucking supervillains, Palmer Luckey is grifter bullshit artist who is going to steal a lot of public money in exchange for buggy vaporware, he’s not Lex Luthor. they get off when breathlessl hyperventilating about them like this.

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Merchant of Death, billionaire Palmer Luckey, rebranded the DOD the Department of War.

Peter Thiel/Palantir gave his company, Andruil, a billion dollars in January.

This is Palmer “I love killer robots” Luckey.

Origin story on rename below, as well as him hanging out with the worst people.

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ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 20h

i'm convinced "verification" will be a worldcoin-style biometric data harvesting scheme. zero chance in hell i'd as much as send this company a copy of my driver's license.

404 Media @404media.co · 20h

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck

As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 20h

We don’t talk enough about how greater opportunities for women mean they no longer have to settle for a crappy guy, and men have responded to this challenge by finding new ways of cranking it instead of upping their game.

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

It is at least *interesting* that the people making this supposedly world-changing technology think its most profitable use cases are: social media videos and sexting.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 1d

Padres manager Mike Shildt said he retired in part because of death threats from sports bettors:

Mike Shildt says decision to retire was his own, but Padres questions remain

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Dem staffers tell the people you work for that if they use the words 'across the aisle' or 'bipartisan', we're all gonna remember this shit come election time

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 1d

noooo

Vulture @vulture.com · 1d

D’Angelo, the neo-soul icon known for ‘Brown Sugar,’ ‘Black Messiah,’ and ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel)’ is dead at 51. His family states he was ‘called home, departing this life’ on October 14.

D’Angelo, Neo-Soul Groundbreaker, Dead at 51

D’Angelo, the neo-soul icon known for ‘Brown Sugar,’ ‘Black Messiah,’ and ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel)’ is dead at 51. His family states he was ‘called home, departing this life’ on October 14.

www.vulture.com

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 1d

I was talking about the former. I started reading him based on the recs of three different women. His personal life is another matter.

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 1d

One of many boiled frog milestones is the POTUS attacking domestic political rivals while talking abroad to world leaders and it not being treated as news. That kind of thing was once strictly verboten.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "There was a reason we chose Egypt because you were very helpful. Everybody wanted to have this. You are a great leader. You have very little crime. I want to thank you. He's been my friend right from the beginning during the campaign against Crooked Hillary Clinton. Have you heard of her?"

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

I’m part of the problem because I completely forgot about this

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

oh. right.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 2d

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 1d

I spent one of the richest, most adventurous years of my life living in Rogers Park, one of the neighborhoods in Chicago being targeted by ICE. It is surreal to see familiar streets show up in online videos of masked goons brutalizing people.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Trump greets the delegate from UAE, which put $2 billion into Trump’s crypto company: “They got a lot of cash. Unlimited cash.”

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

The psychology that twists coverage in Trump’s favor is transparent, once you accept that psychology plays a role. They want to be perceived as neutral by their peers, and they know their peers suspect them of anti-Trump bias. So they demonstrate independence by scrutinizing Dems and praising Trump.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 2d

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

Coffee Indiana @coffeeindiana.bsky.social · 2d

Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.

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